MLB off-season news & notes thread

[Marc the Habs Fan]

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

Farrell to return as Red Sox manager in 2016.

 

[hockeykicker]

reports are out (according to heyman) nats will fire matt williams after todays game

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Harper playing GM.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

What is this I don't even. He turns 70 in December.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[SniperHF]

Which poorly scouted overweight player will the Diamondbacks give lots of money to next? Stay tuned.

 

[darko]

reports are out (according to heyman) nats will fire matt williams after todays game

About 6 months too late.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Harper playing GM.

Lol. He needs Wade and Bosh.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I'm surprised Preller isn't going after Matt Williams now that he's available. Thought he was trying to get as many right handed corpses on the team as he could find.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Harper playing GM.

Chris Davis come on down

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Angelos confirms Buck and Duquette will return in 2016.

 

[hockeykicker]

Chris Davis come on down

how good of an outfielder is he? i saw he played some outfield

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

how good of an outfielder is he? i saw he played some outfield

Chris Davis is ****in' slow man.

 

[hockeykicker]

Chris Davis is ****in' slow man.

so unless he plays outfield he wont come to dc, a shame. has a great bat

 

[Halladay]

I must say, the Phillies season turned out to be very good. I know they have the worst record in baseball. But they:

1. Got the 1st pick
2. Avoided 100 losses for a 54 straight season
3. Saw the potential of Franco and Herrera
4. The 4th piece in the Hamels trade (Eickhoff) looks like he could be a really good pitcher.
5. Their farm system is pretty good now and their AA was great.

All in all, this was probably rock bottom. I think they have got lucky with this rebuild and they be an above >500 team in 2017 if the rights moves are made in free agency.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

I must say, the Phillies season turned out to be very good. I know they have the worst record in baseball. But they:

1. Got the 1st pick
2. Avoided 100 losses for a 54 straight season
3. Saw the potential of Franco and Herrera
4. The 4th piece in the Hamels trade (Eickhoff) looks like he could be a really good pitcher.
5. Their farm system is pretty good now and their AA was great.

All in all, this was probably rock bottom. I think they have got lucky with this rebuild and they be an above >500 team in 2017 if the rights moves are made in free agency.

6. Amaro is finally gone.

 

[darko]

I must say, the Phillies season turned out to be very good. I know they have the worst record in baseball. But they:

1. Got the 1st pick
2. Avoided 100 losses for a 54 straight season
3. Saw the potential of Franco and Herrera
4. The 4th piece in the Hamels trade (Eickhoff) looks like he could be a really good pitcher.
5. Their farm system is pretty good now and their AA was great.

All in all, this was probably rock bottom. I think they have got lucky with this rebuild and they be an above >500 team in 2017 if the rights moves are made in free agency.

Agree. The worst is most likely gone and will only get better from here.

 

[darko]

6. Amaro is finally gone.

That should be #1

 

[TF97]

Looks like Billy Boy wants to keep Reddick and mentioned that an extension is possible. This is great news, I'd hate to see Reddick leave Oakland.

 

[gopherman23]

Wish there was someway to get rid of Mauer at this point. His $23 million could do alot to help the team. When you look at the numbers, the Twins definitely overachieved this year. I fear if Terry Ryan doesn't do a whole lot, we could regress back to the mean next year. Hoping for a busy offseason for the Twins.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Wish there was someway to get rid of Mauer at this point. His $23 million could do alot to help the team. When you look at the numbers, the Twins definitely overachieved this year. I fear if Terry Ryan doesn't do a whole lot, we could regress back to the mean next year. Hoping for a busy offseason for the Twins.

We'll take on Mauer's contract if you throw in Sano

 

[hockeykicker]

a lot of rumors going around on dc radio because apparently bud black daughter tweeted "nattitude" with a link to a article on her dad and dc. (also they talking about how she goes to school at university of maryland) probably means nothing but so strange how one tweet means something is happening

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Wish there was someway to get rid of Mauer at this point. His $23 million could do alot to help the team. When you look at the numbers, the Twins definitely overachieved this year. I fear if Terry Ryan doesn't do a whole lot, we could regress back to the mean next year. Hoping for a busy offseason for the Twins.

The only thing I could see is the Twins and Mauer agreeing to restructure - either by deferring some of the 69 M left (23 M for the next 3 years) to 10+ years from now or they rework the contract to add a year or 2 and shift some of that 69 M to those extra 2 years to save some $ for the next 3 years. I believe Todd Helton did something similar when the Rockies were contending.